Machine for seasoning leather.



PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

I -R. p.- scum. MACHINE FOR SEASONING LEATHER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1903.

F0 MODEL.

Patented May 24, 1904.

LEATHER MACHINE COMPANY, QA CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

' MACHINE FORSEQSONI'NGLEATHEYR.

SPECIFICATION. forming partof Letters Patent rte. 7 0,572, dated. May 24, 1904.

Application filed June 27, 1909 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUFUS D. Sco'r'r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beverly, Essex county, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements I in Machines for Seasoning Leather, of which the following is'a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in the class ofmachines illustrated in my Patent skins placed upon the carrier and alsomeans for rubbing the seasoning material upon the skins. In that class of machines there is dan ger that the coloring or seasoning material may become more or less spread upon the carrier and thereby 'betransferred to the flesh side of skins placed upon the carrier. f

apron to remove from the latter the seasoning or coloring material that may collect thereon during operation, and in carrying out my invention I provide a scraper adapted to extend transversely of the carrier and in contact therewith, means for movably supporting said scraper, so that it may have movement toward the carrier, and means for normally holding the scraper in contact with the carrier, whereby as the scraper becomes worn it will be kept in proper contact with the carrier at all times. v

The invention further embraces the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims. a

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is an end view of part of a leather I coloring or seasoning machine provided with serial in). 163,300. (No model.)

portion'of the machine looking from inFig.1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding .parts in the several views.

' frame of the m achine, which may be of any suitable construction, and 2 3 indicate rollers or, drums mounted upon shafts to rotate in carrier, shown in the form of an apronor belt, mounted upon said rollers- Suitable ersto operate the carrier-such, for instance, as shown in my said p'atent. Theskinsto be operated upon are placed upon the carrier 4, and the latter moves in thedirection of the are provided forapplying, coloring, or seasoning material upon the skins laid on the carrier and for rubbing the mlxture upon 7 and into the skins, whichmeans may be simi- The object of my inyentiojn is; to vprovide an a improved scraper to coactj with thecarrier or,

lar to thatshown in my said patent and form n .n rtof myrresent inv n i np I v 1 At 5 is indicated a scraper adapted to bear against the carrier 4 to scrape seasoning or coloring material therefrom as the carrier travels, as indicated in Fig. 2. The scraper 5 may be made of rubber, leather, or other suitable material and is shown in the form of a long'narrow strip placed on edge, so that one edge bears against the carrier 4, and said scraper is secured to a bar 6, that is supported by frame 1, so as to have, movement toward and from the carrier. The scraper 5 is shown held between the bar 6 and a strip 7 lying against the lower part of the scraper, rivets or screws passing through said parts, whereby the scraper is firmly clamped to said bar.

bar 6 on frame 1, so that the bar may have lateral movement, comprise bolts or screws 8, which pass through vertically-disposed slots 6 in said bar and are secured to said frame. Means are provided for. maintaining the scraper 5 normally in contact with carrier 4, and to this end I have shown arms or levers 9, supported by brackets 1 on frame 1 and provided with adjustable weights 10, which arms have se mental racks 9 meshin with The numeral 1 in the drawings indicatesthe said frame, and at 4 is indicated an endless,

arrow in Fig.2, and above the carrier means the left 5 H means may be provided for rotating the roll- The means I have shown for supporting the v carrier 4:, thereby to maintain the scraper in.

contact with the carrier.

At 12 is indicated a trough or receiver for the surplus material scraped from carrier 4, which trough is shown in Fig. 1 as inclined from one end. to the other and may be provided with apertures in the bottom, if desired, for the ready passage of the seasoning material, or the latter may pass from the lower end of the trough into any suitable receptacle. While the trough may be supported in suitable manner, I have shown the same connected to bar 6 by means of strips or arms 13, suitably secured to the bar and trough, the trough thus coming under said bar in position to receive the 'material that may run down along the bar and drop therefrom.

' By means of my improvements the scraper 5 is normally maintained in proper-operative position in contact with carrier 4, and as the scraper is worn away by the movement of the carrier in contact therewith the arms and racks keep pushing the scraper up and holding it against the carrier, whereby the efliciency of the scraper is greatly increased, thereby overcoming the danger of seasoning material passing beyond the scraper along the carrier after the scraper has become worn, as is liable to occur with a stationary scraper, as shown in my said patent. Furthermore, when the carrier 4 is to be removed or replaced the scraper can be readily moved away from the carrier by merely lifting the arms 9.

It is obvious that my improved scraper can operate directly upon the drum or roller 2 for cleaning the same if the carrier were removed or not used, and my invention is not limited to the details of construction shown, as they may be varied without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of a carrier, with a scraper, a bar carrying the scraper, means for guiding the bar, a rack connected with the bar, and an arm having a rack coacting with the first-mentioned rack and weighted to normally maintain the scraper in contact with the carrier, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a carrier, with a scraper, a bar carrying the same, means for movably supporting and guiding said bar to hold the scraper against the carrier, racks carried near opposite ends of the bar, arms pivotally supported near opposite ends of the bar and coacting with the racks on the bar to press the scraper toward the carrier, and Weights operating on said arms, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a pair of rollers, an endless carrier mounted upon the same, a scraper located beneath the carrier in contact with the under surface thereof, means for movably supporting and guiding the scraper, a rack connected with said scraper, and an arm having a rack coacting with the firstnamed rack and weighted to normally maintain the scraper in contact with the carrier, substantially as described.

RUFUS D. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

WM. J. EMMAY, SAML. H. STONE. 

